Salvador Dali - an outstanding figure in the art of the twentieth century, and in art in general. King of shocking, self-proclaimed genius, eccentric and provocateur, with his works he continues to delight and amaze the whole world to this day.
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He was a famous joker and loved to attract popular attention. So, once he appeared at a gala ball in a hat decorated with a rotten herring. Another time, Salvador was spotted leaving the ship with a two-meter loaf of bread on his head.
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From childhood to his death, El Salvador was terribly afraid of grasshoppers. At the mere thought of this creature, the artist began to shake and fever. The mystery of such fear and torment of terrified torment tormented genius all his life.
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Salvador Dali in his youth was very afraid and embarrassed of the female environment and in every possible way avoided intimacy. The artist was able to fully reveal himself in his one and only muse, the love of his life - Gale (nee Elena Dyakonova).
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In the later years of his life, Salvador preferred walking along the street, accompanied by an anteater.
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One kind of artist caused surprise and shock. Brushed hair, thin twisted tendrils, bulging eyes - combined with general thinness and extravagant outfits, this created El Salvador's much-desired reputation as an eccentric and "not like everyone else."
